Head of Utility Products & Services (m/f/d)

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Define the Global Utility Product Vision: Set and steward the global product vision and strategy for 1KOMMA5°’s utility business — covering metering, tariffs, trading, and flexibility services. Drive the long-term roadmap for how we provide, manage, and scale energy across markets.

Lead and Grow your Product Team & Stakeholders: Manage and mentor a growing team of Product Managers responsible for key product domains within our utility stack. Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and innovation across commercial, technical, and operational areas.

Standardize and Scale Core Systems and Processes: Develop and implement global standards for systems, technical setups, and partner integrations. Ensure our retail energy products operate consistently and efficiently across markets — from tariff design to billing and data exchange.

Drive Operational Excellence Across Energy Markets: Oversee market operations processes including metering, trading, and market communication. Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Energy Operations, and Trading teams to embed operational excellence into product design.

Monitor Performance and Deliver Business Impact: Define and track KPIs across product performance, operational efficiency, customer outcomes, and profitability. Use data to inform strategic decisions and continuous improvements in the utility portfolio.

Align Internal and External Stakeholders: Collaborate with internal teams (Engineering, Commercial, Energy Operations) and external partners (utilities, DSOs, market operators) to ensure alignment, compliance, and shared success.

Anticipate Market and Regulatory Developments: Stay ahead of regulatory, commercial, and technological trends in energy retail and flexibility markets. Translate emerging opportunities and requirements into actionable product initiatives.

Lead Commercial and Go-to-Market Success: Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Market Leads to position and scale our energy products globally. Ensure our energy offerings deliver measurable value to customers and strengthen 1KOMMA5°’s market leadership.

]]> Leadership & Experience:

• Minimum 5+ years of product, commercial or operational leadership in the energy sector (ideally energy retail/utility, tariffs, services) across multiple markets
• Proven experience managing product managers or cross-functional teams and owning a complex product domain with both business and operational/technical dimensions
• Experience building or scaling products in energy retail, tariffs, metering/trading integration or flexibility services

Domain & Market Expertise:

• Deep understanding of energy retail business — tariffs, pricing models, metering (roll-out and operations), trading/settlement, market communications (Marktkommunikationsprozesse) — across multiple countries
• Strong familiarity with regulatory frameworks and market operations in the energy sector
• Exposure to flexibility services, distributed energy resources (DERs), and digital energy services is highly advantageous

Technical & Operational Acumen:

• Comfortable engaging with technical teams on system architecture, data flows, integration of tools and processes (metering, billing, trading, partner platforms)
• Strong operational discipline, ability to translate operational/process complexity into scalable product models

Commercial & Strategic Mindset:

• Excellent commercial awareness with strong analytical skills: you can define and interpret KPIs, build business cases, prioritise product investments and measure ROI
• Strategic thinker who can also roll up sleeves and deliver in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Leadership & Communication:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in English and German
• Able to influence and align internal and external stakeholders
• Proven ability to lead people, build strong teams, mentor product managers, and drive cross-functional collaboration

Personal Attributes:

• Entrepreneurial, proactive and comfortable operating in a high-growth, dynamic context
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